Earning potential is not relevant. Does she want custody? What do you want? There is nothing you can do to stop her from moving to where ever. You can stop her from taking your child. Especially if you have a job and she doesn’t. See an attorney.
For a child under three she will not be imputed income. Once the child is older than the age of three she can be imputed income at her former level if the court finds that she acted in bad faith, if the court finds no bad faith she can be imputed minimum wage.
If she wants to move and you do not want her to, you can file an action for custody and ask the court to address this issue.
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My wife wants a separation/divorce and to move to either CO, CA, or MI(wherever she finds a job.) Irreconsilable differences is the reason, no infidelity or abuse. Since the beginning of our marriage she has decided not to work (3yrs). I have supported her in this decision and we had a child, now 2 years old. We are now planning separating and she feels the only place she can get a job, and have friends/family are in CO, CA or MI. We have a pre-nump in place. basically stating there is no entitlement to any assets we individually had before the marriage. (I had debt - she had assets.) There are no statements regarding children.
How should this all work out, in terms of her stating she can only work in certain states, NC not being one? Can she do this? Her earning potential is equal to or better than mine, and she has been given job offers in the past year which she declined. Is earning potential a relevant fact at all in a separation/child support agreement?